WHITEOUT. The code name used by U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Leonard J. Lee III, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Lee was still a baby when his parents moved the family to Arizona. After graduating college, he began publishing a political, libertarian magazine called Live Free or Else, which began to bring him a lot of trouble. He eventually decided to move back East and make a career change after becoming enamored with snow during a visit to the East coast. While working with a mountain rescue patrol, his rescue of twelve mountain climbers trapped on K2 got the attention of the reinstated G.I. Joe team. Today, like many Joes, he is a reserve member of the team. Whiteout was one of the Joes providing exterior security for the team's arctic prison, The Coffin, during the conflict known as World War III.

 

One of many Joes listed on World War III member assignment map first seen in AE #28.